The temperature on September 6, 1911 was between 11.1 °C and 25.7 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 21 » The first Monte Carlo Rally takes place.
January 30 » The destroyer USSTerry makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of Douglas McCurdy ten miles from Havana, Cuba.
May 30 » At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race.
September 18 » Russian Premier Pyotr Stolypin is shot at the Kiev Opera House.
December 14 » Roald Amundsen's team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting, becomes the first to reach the South Pole.
December 29 » Mongolia gains independence from the Qing dynasty, enthroning 8th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu as Khagan of Mongolia.
Day of marriage December 14, 1934
The temperature on December 14, 1934 was between 3.8 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
March 26 » The United Kingdom driving test is introduced.
April 21 » The "Surgeon's Photograph", the most famous photo allegedly showing the Loch Ness Monster, is published in the Daily Mail (in 1999, it is revealed to be a hoax).
July 2 » The Night of the Long Knives ends with the death of Ernst Röhm.
July 5 » "Bloody Thursday": Police open fire on striking longshoremen in San Francisco.
August 2 » Gleichschaltung: Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany following the death of President Paul von Hindenburg.
August 11 » The first civilian prisoners arrive at the Federal prison on Alcatraz Island.
Day of death October 12, 2005
The temperature on October 12, 2005 was between 11.3 °C and 20.9 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
January 21 » In Belmopan, Belize, the unrest over the government's new taxes erupts into riots.
January 29 » The first direct commercial flights from mainland China (from Guangzhou) to Taiwan since 1949 arrived in Taipei. Shortly afterwards, a China Airlines flight lands in Beijing.
March 16 » Israel officially hands over Jericho to Palestinian control.
March 26 » Around 200,000 to 300,000 Taiwanese demonstrate in Taipei in opposition to the Anti-Secession Law of China.
August 31 » The 2005 Al-Aaimmah bridge stampede in Baghdad kills 953 people.
November 30 » John Sentamu becomes the first black archbishop in the Church of England with his enthronement as the 97th Archbishop of York.
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